Morris Minor Owners Club

Here's a video of Jonathon's in car footage from the Castle Combe trackday on the 5th of Oct http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDKuWbknDIU
Had a great day & quite a varied range of cars on track
http://mog.myfreeforum.org/ftopic1844-0-asc-60.php

Raleigh Grifter

Anyone about tonight & where too?

damn, will be late if I can make it

As its close to the end of the month will the Friday meet be this week or next ?

If the needle was optimised for the engine before the head modification it may be slightly out now.
Ignition timing procedure for the electronic dizzy is the same as a points one (as you used the same rr as me they may have set it for maximum advance of about 32° btdc somewhere between 2500 3000 rpm)

Here's a closeup from my sig pic showing the prop arrangement on mine I have since dispensed with that flexi crossmember & fitted a decent one from JLH so no more vibrations & the chassis feels more taught with it http://www.jlhmorrisminors.co.uk/store/index.php?act=viewCat&catId=7 [fram...

Anyone about tonight. I'll be picking Callum up onroute so any pub suggestions

The tappet could have pulled out when the pushrods were removed & got stuck. best to remove the tappet chest covers to investigate

You need a high pressure pump & regulator for a blow through carb as the float chamber is also pressurised. normally aspirated fuel pressures are around 1.5 - 3 psi If you then add say 10psi of boost the fuel pressure will need raising above this to feed the carb. One other difference with the t...

these work just support it firmly in a vice
http://www.thorhammer.com/Hammers/Copper/

Failing that if its extremely tight your local garage may be able to put it on their press

The later Ivecos have a transverse leaf spring on the front. There's progress for you

A car I bought last year had an old style one. I just sent it off with the new keeper details as usual with no problems I did need to tax it before I received the new logbook & had to go to the main dvla office for this as the post office couldn't do it with the old type temporary section , some...

you really need the crank/flywheel etc dynamically balanced to be effective
I used Basset down balancing to do mine http://www.basset-down-balancing.co.uk/

Torx headed bolts/screws are the work of the Devil
The E ones are a lot bigger for a given size no
T20 is usually on small screws & the E20 on large bolts M14 dia etc

I'm about
where to tonight

An excellent tool for engine health, efficiency & diagnostic tests,

I occasionally use one on modern engines as in certain circumstances it can tell me more than the all singing & dancing diag machine can

The wiring on mine is soldered together as necessary & completely disconnected from the control box,its still there but just for show now

rodent damage to wiring

There is a return spring inside the weber which could have broken/ gone weak. Its behind the little plate between the barrels